As Americans continue to travel closer to home and fall accelerates a desire for travelers to seek destinations with sophisticated ambiance, intimate accommodation options, and breathtaking scenery, design-forward small towns offer the ideal getaway.
Aurora, New York
Aurora, New York, an intimate lakeside village in the Finger Lakes, is home to less than 700 year-round residents where guests will enjoy an inspired waterfront getaway at the small town’s luxury resort, Inns of Aurora. Five impeccably decorated boutique inns are complete with resident innkeepers, in-room fireplaces, and private balconies, as well as exceptional work from artists like Wolf Kahn and Helen Frankenthaler, and worldly antiques like 14th-century Chinese Baskets – all from the personal collection of the resort’s founder, Pleasant Rowland.
After enjoying private experiences like essential oil blending lessons with the Director of Serenity and guided foliage hikes with resident Outdoorsmen, guests can grab a complimentary paint kit and easel kit to enjoy a lakeside painting session. At the new Spa at the Inns of Aurora, a 15,000-sq-ft wellness center dressed in modern art and contemporary interiors, indulge in an extensive menu of Ayurveda-inspired treatments before forest bathing through the surrounding lavender fields and scenic nature trails.
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